Non-refillable bottle.



No. 805,135. PATENTED NOV. 21, 1905. W. WFHALLIGAN. NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 26, 1 9o5.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 21, 1905.

Application filed June 26, 1905. Serial No. 267,013.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM WV. HALLIGAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented new-and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

. The invention relates to the class of bottles that are designed to hold proprietary liquids, such as medicines and beverages, and the invention has particular reference to bottles that cannot be practically refilled after the original contents have been removed from them.

Objects of the invention are to provide nonrefillable bottles that shall be characteristically different from other bottles, so that the contents may be known by means of the bottles; to provide bottles of this description that may be manufactured at reasonable cost and which shall be free from metallic substances in construction, so that any liquid may be kept therein without being affected by the bottle.

With the above-mentioned and other objects in view the invention consists in a tortuous bottle-neck having pockets therein and a "alve in one of the pockets adapted to seat and close the neck either when attempting to pour liquid into the bottle or when attempting to exhaust air therefrom to allow liquid to rise into the bottle, the other pocket having an outlet to receive a stopper; and the invention consists, further, in the novel forms of construction and in the parts and combinations and arrangements of parts, as hereinafter particularly described, and pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical central sectional view of the improvement and showing the upper portion of a bottle to which it is connected; Fig. 2, aver-tical sectional view on the line A A in Fig. 1, omitting the valves. Fig. 3 is a sectional view similar to Fig. 1, omitting one of the valves and showing the incomplete neck in a position suitable for filling originally; and Fig. 4:, a horizontal sectional view on the line B B in Fig. 1.

Similar reference characters in the different figures of the drawings designate like elements or features of construction.

In a practical embodiment of the invention the body O of the bottle may be made in various shapes of glass, on which is a somewhat short neck part (4, beyond which a circular valve-seat D is formed at the bottom of a chamber, and beyond the seat two opposite sides of the chamber 6 and b are flat, one of the other sides having a pocket E therein, there being a projection c in the neck opposite to the pocket. Beyond the flat sides a valve-seat F is formed opposite to and facing the valveseat D, and a valve-seat G is formed immediately beyond the valve-seat F, facing outwardly at the bottom of a chamber (Z, which originally has an open end 0, that after the bottle has been filled is heated in the bottling establishment and the glass drawn together and sealed, so as to form a closed end f. A globular glass valve H is placed in the chamber above the seat D before forming the seats F and G, and after filling the bottle before closing the end of the neck aglobular valve I is placed in the chamber (Z of the neck, although, if desired, in some cases the valve I may be omitted from the structure.

A side channel J is formed beyond the valveseat Or and communicates with the chamber (Z, the channel being less in diameter than the valve I, so as to prevent the valve from leaving the chamber, and a chamber or pocket K is formed in communication with the channel J, the chamber K having an abrupt recess g in its side near the bottom thereof facing away from the channel, there being a projection /2, near the recess at the end of the channel J. A neck part 2', having an outlet-orifice 1', communicates with the chamber K, and after filling the bottle a stopper 1 is placed in the orificej.

In practical use the bottle should be inclined for filling, so that the valve H will fall into the pocket E, or the valve may be held in the pocket if the bottle be vertical by means of an instrument inserted through the end a. When it is desired to remove the contents of the bottle, the stopper k must be withdrawn, after which the liquid may be poured out of the orifice j, care being taken to so incline the neck as to keep the valve H from engaging the valve-seat F. If an attempt be made to refill the bottle when up- IIO If an attempt bemade to force a rubber tube into the bottle to withdraw the air when inverted in order to allow liquid to enter the bottle while submerged in the liquid, the tube Will enter the recess or pocket g and be obstructed by the projection h.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. A non-refillable bottle having a neck provided with a valve-seat and provided also with a chamber beyond the valve-seat having a pocket in one side thereof and a projection in the chamber opposite to the pocket, the neck having also an outlet extending from the chamber, there being an opening through the valve-seat, and a valve in the chamber movable either into the pocket thereof or onto the valve-seat.

2. A non-refillable bottle having a neck provided with a chamber having a pocket at one side thereof and a projection in the chamber opposite to the pocket, the neck having also an outlet extending from the chamber, two opposing valve-seats in the chamber, and a valve'in the chamber movable either into the pocket thereof or to either one of the two Valve-seats, there being openings through the valve-seats.

3. A non-refillable bottle having a neck provided with two communicating chambers, one

of the chambers communicating with the bottle and having a pocket in one side thereof, the neck having also an outlet-channel extending from the other one of the chambers, a pair of opposing valve-seats in the first-described chamber, a valve-seat in the last-described chamber,there being openings through the valve-seats, a valve in the first-described chamber movable either into the pocket thereof or to either one of the pair of valve-seats, and a valve in the last-described chamber.

A non-refillable bottle having a tortuous neck in which are a plurality of valve-seats, the neck having a lateral channel and also a chamber or pocket part into which the channel extends, there being arecess and an abrupt projection in the chamber or pocket at the end of the channel, and an outlet neck part extending from the chamber or pocket part with an outlet-orifice to receive a removable stopper, and a valve retained between the plurality of valve-seats.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WVILLIAM WV. HALLIGAN.

itnesses:

\VM. H. PAYNE, E. T. SILVIUs. 

